Daywalker Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 This is my first LSP finished! It is the Hasegawa 1/32 ME-109G-10, converted to a G-14/AS. I began this kit a couple of years ago, and put it aside after becoming frustrated with it. I was having difficulty getting the fuselage seams sorted out, and finally gave up on it. I actually broke the thing in half right behind the cockpit, and the split the fuselage lengthwise, then removing the cockpit for use on a future kit. One day a while back, I decided to try it again. I used a ton of CA glue to glue it all back together. A daunting task to begin with as the now broken fuselage was a mess- wish I had taken photos of it then but I didn't as I didn't want to document the failure! Built mostly OOB, adding seatbelts, antenna, and brake lines. Painted with Tamiya acrylics, and decals from Eagle Editions. I also drilled out the kit exhausts, opened up the four small scoops on the nose, the recesses in the main gear bays, re-positioned the elevators, added bracing wires inside the radiators and oil cooler. A few other small scratchbuilt details were added like parts for the gunsight, in-cockpit fuel line, canopy release lever, etc. Comments and constructive criticism welcomed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Saweeet ...Red legged AS.. Very nice.Top shelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Very nice, top marks for Lazarus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Very handsome. Nice leading edge wavy pattern. I like that exhaust staining. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allok Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Wow, sounds just like one of my sagas. Except, of course, your kit looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lud13 Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Great lookinfg 109. At the end it was worth the trouble :) Dejan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big matt Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 What a nice 109! She looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Looks nice. Can't tell it was ever broken. On to number 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 Many thanks for looking in fellas! Sure is nice to be able to post something I have finished, after being here for so long without any finished works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Many thanks for looking in fellas! Sure is nice to be able to post something I have finished, after being here for so long without any finished works. Yeah, about darn time too, buddy! Great looking build Frank, just excellent all the way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Very nice result here. It is impossible to tell the mess it seams it was to build. Excellent! Cheers, Loic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Every time this thread rolls around I sneak a peak and it gets better and better. Beautiful build. And how appropriate for it to have red and green colors during 'Christmas Time'. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 great looking paint job nice weathering especially underneath personal preference is for the whites in the crosses to be toned down / dirtied a bit, but maybe that's the camera / picture, and it's just personal preference thanks for sharing nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Thanks everyone for the comments, very, very encouraging! Nick- I think you are absolutely right, the whites could really use more of a toning down. I usually give a finished build a light dusting of earth colors, to blend everything together but now that I think of it- I never did on this one! Thank you very much for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Its absolutely superb! I am going to point out one constructive criticism because I have been doing it on my builds too; The wheels and tyres are very dirty but there's none on the undersides of the wheelwells and tail. Just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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